Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

It is interesting that President Barack Obama, who during eight years in office has, historically, been slow to act on international challenges, has moved quickly to impose sanctions upon Russia for alleged interference with the 2016 election. He moves well before a detailed investigation into the issue can be concluded. Compare the timeline for the investigation

Last month, a comment made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s missing emails received mass media coverage—while overlooking an important point. Trump’s off-the-cuff remark, referencing 30,000 emails Hillary failed to turn over to the U.S. State Department upon leaving office, was: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able

ISIS is a fear merchant. It depends heavily upon using fear to intimidate those opposed to it. In its high-publicized videos, legions of soulless bodies fill its ranks, regularly demonstrating limitless savagery in executing their enemies. Beheadings, burning prisoners alive, attaching bombs to babies to show new recruits how explosives rip a human body apart, running tanks over prisoners, etc.—no means

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 7 (UPI) — Those responsible for the Dec. 28 and 29 terrorist attacks on a railway station and trolley bus in Volgograd, Russia, have yet to step forward — although their identity will come as no surprise. Once identified, China will need a 36-year plan to deal with a growing threat which,

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 17 (UPI) — As a U.S. Marine going through basic training many decades ago, light humor occasionally came to the fore. Trainees approaching a safety pit to throw hand grenades for the first time confronted a straight-laced instructor barking instructions, concluding with the warning, “Remember, when the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade

Published: March. 26, 2013 at 12:09 AM JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., March 26 (UPI) — It is fairly well accepted that President Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a democracy in name only. He controls the legislature, which passes laws aimed at giving him greater powers. He controls the police, who demonstrate a

JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., Dec. 11 (UPI) — HERNDON, Va., Dec. 11 (UPI) — The joke is told about a man asking a neighbor to check on his cat and elderly mother while he travels. Later, he called the neighbor to inquire about his cat. He was stunned when his

Published: June 26, 2012 at 6:30 AM JAMES ZUMWALT || UPI Outside View Commentator HERNDON, Va., June 26 (UPI) — HERNDON, Va., June 26 (UPI) — Perhaps the biggest waste of U.S. funds in the conduct of U.S. President Barack Obama’s foreign policy to date has been its smallest expenditure. Whatever the U.S. government paid

Published in Family Security Matters February 21, 2011 Rather than the January 24th suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport (that claimed 36 lives and wounded almost 200) giving rise to a soul searching by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, it has sadly given rise to hypocrisy on his part. Moscow’s investigation into the attack is still